Soldier Field
Subtitle: a stadium and its city
By: Liam T.A. Ford.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780226257068
Subjects: Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.) -- History; Stadiums -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History; Sports -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Description: Soldier Field truly is the story of Chicago, filled with political intrigue and civic pride. Designed by Holabird and Roche, Soldier Field arose through a serendipitous combination of local tax dollars, City Beautiful boosterism, and the machinations of Mayor "Big Bill "Thompson. The result was a stadium that stood at the center of Chicago's political, cultural, and sporting life for nearly sixty years, long before the arrival of Walter Payton and William 'the Refrigerator" Perry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chicago challenges the world; title: Getting it built; title: Born Republican, adopted by Democrats; title: Soldier Field and the democratic ascendancy; title: A stadium for all Chicago; title: A game for our youth: amateur football at Soldier Field; title: Chicago's Olympic legacy; title: A stage for acceptable dissent; title: The city's altar; title: Military marches, music, and an arsonist cow; title: Americans all: culture in an epic space; title: A family place; title: New religious and political movements in a classic space; title: The fall and rise of Soldier Field; title: Celebrations in an era of decline; title: Amateur sports founder at a fading stadium; title: Professional sports in a changing era; title: The Bears, the stadium's savior; title: A new century, a new stadium.